Iran's predominantly Muslim national football team picks first Christian captain

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Yesterday, the Iranians could have won against one of the strongest team in the world.😊

 
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This World Cup has been a nightmare for us…🙁 . Our fate is decided tomorrow at 3 PM…😰⚽
 
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Yes. There is still hope for Argentina.
It seems that for Argentina the playoffs have already started.😁
 
Yes, but Uruguay yesterday denied the forecasts of Russians who surely believed that Uruguayans have no chance.😁
 
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I find it’ so " sport- like" :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:to be asking that Islandia looses tomorrow also… Uggg! That is what we have come to: to use a calculator instead of scoring.
Thanks for the encouragement,Athanasiy! We’ ll see! If not:✈️🚀 back home,team!
 
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If you dig deeper, here you can see also geo political hypocrisy and injustice such as the United States in relation to Iran. It is not the ability of the United States to distinguish between a Christian-friendly tolerant society and a Christian-hostile society.
The Islamic Republic of Iran has hundreds of Churches (mostly Armenian & Assyrian Iranians), women in parliament, Christians and Jews elected in parliament, majority women in universities: Saudi Arabia does not permit U.S. armed forces chaplains to even display a tiny cross or star of David on their lapels, and chapel services must be held out of sight or hearing of Saudi people: yet when a Saudi prince permits women to drive this is greeted as worthy of our FRIEND who must be supported against EVIL, terrorist Iran! There is an annual dialogue between the Moslem clergy of Iran and the Orthodox Synod. There are Orthodox Churches in Tehran, along with the Assyrian and Armenian churches.
Crosses on the roofs of churches rise without problems.
The conclusion that can be made - the support of Saudi Arabia, under the pretext of supporting Christianity in the East is a false and hypocritical pretext.
The question is whether the economic sanctions against Iran in the course of history, which have caused so much harm to this people throughout history, are justified enough.
 
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Athanasiy said:
The question is whether the economic sanctions against Iran in the course of history, which have caused so much harm to this people throughout history, are justified enough.
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As someone of a lower-middle class iranian family who lost all their money twice because of the sanctions (my father traded olive oil and fruits) I can only second that. It doesn´t hurt the elite. It hurts the lower and middle class who can´t pay for “other solutions”. And sadly, the harder the sactions get, the more we see a “what ever we do, we will fail, maybe the fundamentalists are still right” attitude among the less well educated people.
 
It seems that the political elites of Iran with their sectarian intolerance also created risky decisions in sports.
If it were not for the various sanctions in the past in power sports, Iran could compete and win the strongest countries.
The sports conflict with Israel, by the way, is identical with our Ukrainian conflict with Russia. In Ukraine the athletes even now can be administratively punished for participation in competitions on the territory of Russia.
 
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Athanasiy:
The question is whether the economic sanctions against Iran in the course of history, which have caused so much harm to this people throughout history, are justified enough.
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As someone of a lower-middle class iranian family who lost all their money twice because of the sanctions (my father traded olive oil and fruits) I can only second that. It doesn´t hurt the elite. It hurts the lower and middle class who can´t pay for “other solutions”. And sadly, the harder the sactions get, the more we see a “what ever we do, we will fail, maybe the fundamentalists are still right” attitude among the less well educated people.
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You would not have sanctions if you did not follow the fundamentalists. Relations were good before the before the Shah fell.

If you don’t like sanctions, change the regime.

Threatening a civilized Democracy with annihilation is unacceptable in the modern world. Pursuing nuclear weapons when you advocate this behavior is more unacceptable.

When the entire world agrees that your country is the problem, you are the problem.

If you want economic prosperity, change the regime and leave the middle ages. The world wants Iran to be a peaceful Democracy whose people live in this millennium.
 
Perhaps in the near future in this country will change.
As I am engaged in free-style wrestling, and I watch the international competitions, I began to be interested in this amazing country.
Of course often the state and the country is something different. People have love for the country and the people, and dislike for the government.
Many believe that the country is on the threshold of change.
As we can see, significant changes are taking place in the world of sports.
If at the last moment the Iranians managed to score a goal, it would be a sensation of the century. But the team played against the giants just brilliant.
 
Athanasiy,did you watch the games today??
Way to sweat!
Mbappé is 19. Amazing guy.
Great scores,Cavani.
Uruguay remains at least! Go neighbours!⚽😃
 
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So the world should stop the sanctions and allow Iran to become a nuclear nation?

I don’t think you will find a single person outside of Iran that thinks a nuclear Iran is acceptable.

It isn’t the world’s fault that your government strongly supports terrorists and wants to become nuclear to start WWIII.

Frankly, since sanctions have not worked to this point,we should make them more harsh.

What do you suggest the world should do if the people of Iran continue to support the government? Because a nuclear Iran is not an option.
 
Yes, Uruguayan Cavani scored spectacular goals.
I am a fan of European football, but for South America there is hope - Uruguay is already in the quarter-finals, well, maybe something will show the Columbians and Brazilians. There are also technical Mexicans, which are also perhaps the hope of the American continent.
All mentioned teams are more or less equal and have a chance to win.
 
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I’ve met and worked with many Iranians in academia. They strike me as a good laid-back and open people… including open and religiously tolerant. The trump travel ban, sanctions, and ending of the nuclear deal isn’t the right approach in my opinion.

However, politics are an eternal headache with every Iranian I’ve ever met. I don’t bring it up, but it gets brought up…and its these are the most confused conversations.

There seems to be a disconnect on everything related to politics. It’s not that Americans and Iranians disagree…they don’t even know exactly why they disagree…or where to begin to reconcile. You would need to put Iranians and Americans in the same room for hours upon hours to get agreement or reconcile.
 
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Relations were good before the before the Shah fell.
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The world wants Iran to be a peaceful Democracy
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You kind of contradicted yourself here.
What do you think of the CIA role in ousting Mosaddegh, a democratically elected politician? And the subsequent US support of the Shah who became an authoritarian regime to the point of being embarrassment for the US. The CIA role planted the seed for the Iranian revolution and that’s how we got the current regime.

I doubt this “world” you mention wants Iran to be a democracy. But even if you just wish Russia and China are not part of this world, certainly the USA also does not belong to this “world” that wants Iranian democracy, as history demonstrates in the Mosaddegh CIA


Especially the bit on aftermath.
 
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